John William Hand

FRIONA — John William Hand, 85, of Friona died Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Weatherford.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Sixth Street Church of Christ in Friona with Leon Talley and Jeff Procter, ministers, officiating and Mark Dennis assisting. Burial will follow in Friona Cemetery. Arrangements are by Blackwell-Mullins Funeral Home of Friona.

Mr. Hand was born April 3, 1927, in Lakeview Community to John Ira and Pearl Sidebottom Hand. He married Billie Jo Shirley in 1944 in Hereford.

Survivors include his wife, Billie Jo Hand of Friona; two sons, Gary Hand of Friona and Rex Hand of Thackerville, Okla.; a daughter, Cari Dennis of Colleyville; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.